discompose

Example Sentences

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This did not seem to discompose him; on the contrary, he looked rather amused.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

It is, and looks, German, and is of an extravagant nature that would utterly discompose an English herald.

From The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike by Harper, Charles G.

She had won her point; therefore she was in excellent spirits with all the world, and not even the spilling of some wine on her new silk served to discompose her.

From The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century by Heyer, Georgette

After satisfying himself as to the identity of the man just deceased, he resumed his conversation with the governor, as if nothing had happened which was calculated in the least to discompose him.

From The Strange Story of Harper's Ferry With Legends of the Surrounding Country by Barry, Joseph

"I have had something more than fatigue to discompose me," answered I, sobbing; "and I think I have some reproaches to make you, for not attending me home as you promised."

From The Sylph, Volume I and II by Cavendish, Georgiana